Antiophlebia bracteata - Pearl spangled

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Photo(s): Grant Norvall, Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Species details:

Notes: Two or three distinct crests on the thorax; hindwing white in males, brown with a whitish base in females
Distribution: Widespread in tropical Africa and South Africa.
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EbenaceaeDiospyros (Food plant)
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Antiophlebia bracteata .
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400870, retrieved 5 December 2025

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